Kitchen-cabinet



(No Model.)

G. W. ALLEN & J. s. LINDSEY. KITCHEN CABINET.

No.452,207. Pater ce d May 12, 1891;

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MLMSH J UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

GEORGE IV. ALLEN AND JOHN S. LINDSEY, OF LOUISBURG, MISSOURI.

KITCHEN-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 452,207, dated May 12,1891.

Application filed December 18, 1890- Serial No. 375,146 (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE WV. ALLEN and JOHN S. LINDSEY, citizens ofthe United States of America, residing at Louisburg, in the county ofDallas and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Kitchen-Cabinets, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Th1s invention relates to improvements in kitchen-cabinets, having forits object the production of a new and improved combined meal and flourchest comprising suitable means for readily and easily sifting the mealand Hour, as also the provision of a lid or cover, which when invertedserves as aknead- 1ng-board, substantially as hereinafter fully setforth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation slightly inperspective. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detailview of one of the drawers and its sifter. Fig. 4; is a view of theinvertible lid or cover. 4

Referring to the drawings, A designates the box or chest, divided by acentral partition a into two chambers or compartments a a the formerbeing used for meal and the latter for flour. The lower ends of thesecompartments are formed into hoppers a and in their upper ends arelocated removable boxes or compartments a having hinged lids, said boxesbeing held in place by horizontal and vertical strips of, secured to thewalls of the chest at right angles to each other. These boxes aredesigned to contain salts, spices, rolling-pins, &c., and can be readilyand easily removed from the chest when desired.-

B is the lid or cover, which consists, preferably, of asingle boardhaving a flange or strip 1) at its ends and one side for fitting thefront and ends of chest A, the rear portion of said lid or cover beingengaged and held by angleplates 19', secured to the rear wall of thechest and projecting above the upper edge thereof. By inserting thisboard and securing it in place in the same manner as when used as a lidor cover it serves as a kneading or mixing board.

O O are two drawers located beneath the hopper ends of the compartmentsa a These drawers have each a removable bottom cl, which moves inparallel side boards cl 01 and to the upper edges of the latter aresecured plates (1 which engage grooved guide-boards d secured to thechest A. In each drawer is located a sieve or screen D, over the uppersurface of which is designed to move an agitator E, consisting of aseries of connected bars 6, one of which has a cranked portion 6, towhich is secured one end of a pitman (2 the other end thereof beingsecured to a crankshaft e journaled in the front and rear walls of thedrawer. A removable crank-handle e is designed to be connected to thefront end of each crank-shaft 6 The agitator-is guided in its movementand held down onto the sieve or screen by longitudinal rods f, securedto opposite bars of the screen-frame F. These longitudinal rods arecurved or bent upward at each side, as at f, and downward at theircenters f to permit of the free movement of the pitman. By thus bendingthe wires the bran is worked above the sieve and better agitation issecured generally. The drawer can be itself bodily removed from thechest, and its contents can be readily emptied by withdrawing thesliding bottom thereof. The side board (Z is removably secured in placeby screws f ,,that the sieve or screen and its frame can be renewed whenworn or damaged. By turning the crank-handle the meal or flour is easilyand thoroughly sifted by the screen, and the same is removed and held inthe draweruntil emptied.

In the meal compartment a, just above the hopper-like end thereof, islocated a horizontal slide G, which is passed through a slot or openingin the end of chest A and is guided by strips g. By means of this slidea portion only of the meal is sifted at a time, since it is necessary toempty the drawer of its bran more frequently than is required for thefloursifter.

Our invention is extremely simple and durable, and by means thereof thesifting or mixing of meal and flour can be readily and easilyaccomplished.

We claim as our invention 1. The combination, with the chest having acompartment, of the drawer having a removable bottom and a removableside board, the frame secured in said drawer, the sieve Ioo or screen,the longitnc'linnl gniderods eonneeted to said frnm thc agitator locatedheneath said guiderods, the pitman connected thereto, the crank-shaft towhich said pitman is connected, and the crank, substantially as setforth.

2. The chest havi ng' two compartments provided with lower hopper ends,the drawers having stationary sieves or screens, and the removablepartition located in one of said compartments above its hopper ends,snbstantially as set forth.

In a, kitehcn-cabinet, the combination,

